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Sound interesting? The authors think so too! Listen to It's Night-Night Time and follow along as mothers put their children to bed.

Have you ever wanted to be in the movies? Kip has, and when he meets mysterious Mr Lazarus he thinks his dream’s come true. Because Mr Lazarus can project people into movies! Films like Terror Island, full of hungry sabre-toothed tigers and killer Neanderthals. When you’re in a film, everything is real: real bullets, real swords, real monsters. But beware… if you don’t get out before the closing credits roll, you’ll be trapped in the film forever!

Dave's carefree life of pranks and stickball in his Lower East Side New York neighborhood ends the day his papa dies. No one wants the 11-year-old rascal, so Dave is shuffled off to the Hebrew Home for Boys, aka the Hell Hole for Brats. There he must contend with a brutal headmaster, bullies, freezing rooms, and institutional slop to eat - all on top of his personal losses. But at least Dave is not alone.

Seven of Shakespeare's most celebrated plays—As You Like It, Hamlet, King Lear, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Pericles, Romeo & Juliet, and The Winter's Tale—have been specifically adapted by Edith Nesbit to introduce young listeners to the Bard' s works. Made accessible to young listeners without sacrificing any essential elements, these classic retellings capture the drama and flavor of each original play while simplifying plot and detail.

Come along as four young adventurers go exploring in a magical meadow, only to find out that there is more mischief afoot in this Fairy Wood than they might have expected. Hilarious mayhem abounds in this introduction to Shakespeare's classic comedy.

The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system! The show must go on! That's what Jack and Annie learn when the Magic Tree House whisks them back to Elizabethan England. There they meet William Shakespeare...